I saw a new doctor about my Crohn’s disease the other day. He’s an internist rather than a gastrointernologist like I usually see. I haven’t decided yet whether I’m happy with the new doctor or not.
He wants me to go back and start from the beginning on my meds. This weekend I’ll start trying a new Crohn’s drug – well not a new drug, but new to me. It’s worth a try … I just hope that I can afford it! My gastrointernologist had taken me off most of my Crohn’s meds a while ago because he was convinced they weren’t working … duh! No matter how much I told him they were helping … hey I was still working! When I got taken off the other meds I got so sick I had to stop working and I’ve been on medical leave ever since (4 years!).
So if the new meds work, maybe in a few months I can go back to work in the ER. I hope so! I’d actually started to give up hope of ever returning to work again.
He also wants me to try taking Metamucil again. I’ve tried it in the past but didn’t have much good to say about it as it seems to bind me up too much rather than help … odd since my problem is the opposite reason most people take Metamucil! Anyway, I’ve started using it once a day but only using a teaspoon full instead of a heaping tablespoon as the directions state. Maybe that will help.
It’s weird. Ever since I saw the new doctor earlier this week I keep seeing ads for Bowtrol review. Very strange. A colon cleanse is the last thing I need! LOL
Anyway .. don’t you hate it when you have to see a new doctor? Whether it’s a new family doctor or a specialist? I do. I hate going over my medical history and all the meds I’m on or that I’ve tried in the past for my Crohn’s.
Dear Tricia,
I know all about this. I suffered with Crohn’s Disease for almost 30 years. Mine was in 3 feet of my small intestine. Constant vomiting I dealt with.
Meds are a pain. Try this one, or maybe this one will work. To me, it was all a pain in the neck. So I stopped using them altogether, fortunately with no side affects.
Hope your new doctor can stear you in the right direction.
I finally found out how to destroy Crohns’s Disease by changing my diet, and by only putting the most highest quality nutritional food into my body.
It did require some time and discipline. However, it was well worth it. Because I stopped the vomiting, and now I can eat any good food I want.
We all need to keep searching and researching for the best information that will give us the best help.
My heart goes out to you, and my hope is that you will soon get the better of this pesky disease like I did.
Best of health to you,
Steve